I was playing my Gameboy Advance a few years ago, and I was using it to play the original Pokemon Red version. I had just gotten my sixth badge and I was going into some nearby tall grass to level up Graveler, since I never really used him all that much. I had stepped into the tall grass when something weird happened. The screen started glitching out and it turned into what I can only describe as "rainbow-colored static". Just random colors all over the screen. After about 10 seconds of this, the screen went to the battle screen, but the background was still "rainbow-colored static". The caption came up: "A Wild MORBIDE has appeared!" It was like no Pokemon that I had ever seen before. The sprite was all red and black. Unlike most of the sprites in the original Red version, this one was filled in with color. It had beady yellow eyes with slits for pupils. It had small fangs on the top jaw, and huge tusks on the bottom one. It had huge black claws that curled like talons.
I sent out my Graveler; his name was Rocky. I chose Fight and I chose Earthquake as his move. Rocky used Earthquake as usual. But it only did one point of damage. Morbide used an attack, which I assumed was a Status Condition move, called Darkheart. Rocky got a strange Status Condition called Fear. Every turn he would lose 50 Hp. Right before he fainted, Rocky automatically (I didn't push anything) went back into his attack menu. I figured the Fear condition let you use one more attack before you fainted. Rocky now knew only one move: Darkwind. Not knowing what it was, and having no other choice, I used the move. Suddenly, I was teleported out of the tall grass and out of the battle. I checked my Pokemon and they were all gone except for one. They only Pokemon I had was Morbide. I rushed to the closest Poke Center and checked my PC to see if THOSE Pokemon were still there.
Nothing. Every Pokemon I had ever owned was gone. I tried going to back near Pallet to catch a weak Pokemon without hurting it, because I was sure at this point that Morbide would kill it in one turn. I encountered a Rattata, except that it was very skeletal. It had no skin and no muscles. I tried throwing a Pokeball at it nonetheless. I caught the skeleton rat. After the capture, I checked my Pokemon. Skeleton Rattata wasn't there. I rushed once more back to the Poke Center and checked the PC. Nothing. Realizing that I would only have Morbide and Morbide alone, I decided to play the rest of the game with him. I basically flew through the last 2 Gyms AND the Elite Four, only because I basically abused and spammed Darkheart. And whenever the Gym Leader's Pokemon used Darkwind before it fainted, the battle would end and I would recieve the badge without technically beating the Gym. After I beat the Elite Four, a cutscene, which WASN'T in the original game, started. Professor Oak was in the Ghost Tower with the gravestones in Lavender Town. His dialogue came up. This is what he said:
"The winds of change are cruel. You are even crueler. How could you do this? You monster."
He walked offscreen. A caption came up:
"Here lies the last Pokemon. May it rest in pace."
What was this about? Had I inadvertantly caused Pokemon to go extinct with my Morbide's Darkheart attack. Suddenly the entire game reset. I was back in Pallet Town. I had no badges. It was as if I had started a new game. When I paused, I was able to go to the Pokemon menu, which usually only makes itself usable when you get your first Pokemon. I still had Morbide. I went downstairs to see my "Mom". She was gone. All the CPU's were gone. It was as if they had all just disappeared. I replayed the game, and there were no Pokemon. Nothing but Morbides. Like they had replaced all the Pokemon. The only CPU's were the Gym leaders and the Elite Four. As I had expected, all they had were Morbides. I turned my Gameboy off and restarted it. I started a new game. The cutscene with Oak's introduction was still there, but instead of the Rattata (or whatever comes out of his Pokeball in the cutscene), it was a Morbide.
I realized I had caused the extinction of all Pokemon. They were all dead. And it was all my fault. Stupid Morbide...............
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Mystery Poke'mon
I've got the new Poke'mon White Version. I got that one specifically so I could get Zekrom. I was playing it one day. Suddenly, I heard the phone ring. I picked it up. The caller ID said it was from Gamestop. There was a man with the deep, gruff voice on the other end. He said that I had won a contest, and that I was to come down to Gamestop to claim my prize. He said to bring my ID, which didn't weird me out at all.
I drove down to the Gamestop. I went inside and told the person at the desk that I was told to come there because of a contest. He told me they hadn't had a contest in months. I was really confused. I walked out and was heading to my car when someone called me over. He was a big guy in a black T-Shirt and jeans. He said he was the one who had called me. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a DS cartridge. It was, I guess, my "prize". The cartridge read "Pokemon Gray". He said it was the third version of the Unova region. I hadn't heard of any 3rd version coming out, but I didn't want to argue with a free Pokemon game. He said "Take good care of this" and left. That was it. Nothing. I was kind of weirded out by this. I got in my car and drove home.
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I got out my DS and put in the cartridge. The introduction seemed to be the same, but when the title screen came up, neither Zekrom nor Reshiram were on the screen. Kyurem wasn't even there, as I had expected. Underneath the Pokemon Gray title was just a big black ghost-like shadow with glowing red eyes. Something kind of like the above picture.
The main menu came up. It said New Game, Continue, or Options as always. I selected Continue, just to see what would happen. I was in that big giant city in the middle of the Unova region. I forgot what it's called. I checked my Pokemon. There were 3: a Serperior named N, a Conkeldurr named M, and a strange, unknown Pokemon named E. I thought the "NME (enemy)" thing was just a joke, so I dismissed it. I checked the unknown Pokemon. It's sprite was that of that one grass/bug Pokemon, Sewaddle. But its legs were missing. So were its eyes. They weren't even empty eye sockets. It was just a blank space, like it wasn't even supposed to have eyes at all. I was done looking at my Pokemon. I exited the city and wandered into the first patch of grass I found. A Lillipup appeared. The problem was it seemed noticably worried. It was frowning, and had bloodshot eyes. Even though "E" was number 3 in my party, it came out first. Its back sprite was the normal back sprite, legs included. When I checked its stats before the battle, it only knew Tackle and Stringshot. But this time, it knew Tackle, Stringshot, and a move called Punish.
I used Punish on Lillipup. A sword appeared on Lillipup's side, and immediately plunged itself into Lillpup. All the while, I could only hear maniacal laughing, similar to a Jockey from Left 4 Dead 2, and screaming. Lillipup's sprite turned red and started bleeding. Its health plunged all the way to Zero. Then the caption came up:
"The Wild Lillipup has DIED!!!!!!"
It looked exactly like that. The word DIED was even in all caps, and all 5 exclamation marks were present. The screen cut to black for about 5 seconds, and then went back to the game. I was no longer in the grass. In fact, I had never seen this room at all. And I've beaten my White version several times. It was a big, red room. There was a red puddle of what I assume was blood on the floor. There were also bloody footprints ON THE WALLS. There were torches on the wall like in a castle dungeon. There was a painting on the back wall. It scared me more than anything I had ever seen before.
It was a picture of Pikachu, except he was decaying like a corpse. But just like Lillipup, he looked visibly afraid. I felt sorry for him, even though this was a game. His skin was peeling off, and he had blood running from his eyes. I couldn't move. Suddenly, the entire DS shut off. I didn't touch the On/Off switch at all. It shut off by itself. I took the cartridge out and turned my DS back on. I was lucky it hadn't messed it up permanently. Needless to say, I locked the game in a box just in case someone ever wanted it, and I never played it again. I still play my White version though.
I drove down to the Gamestop. I went inside and told the person at the desk that I was told to come there because of a contest. He told me they hadn't had a contest in months. I was really confused. I walked out and was heading to my car when someone called me over. He was a big guy in a black T-Shirt and jeans. He said he was the one who had called me. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a DS cartridge. It was, I guess, my "prize". The cartridge read "Pokemon Gray". He said it was the third version of the Unova region. I hadn't heard of any 3rd version coming out, but I didn't want to argue with a free Pokemon game. He said "Take good care of this" and left. That was it. Nothing. I was kind of weirded out by this. I got in my car and drove home.
The main menu came up. It said New Game, Continue, or Options as always. I selected Continue, just to see what would happen. I was in that big giant city in the middle of the Unova region. I forgot what it's called. I checked my Pokemon. There were 3: a Serperior named N, a Conkeldurr named M, and a strange, unknown Pokemon named E. I thought the "NME (enemy)" thing was just a joke, so I dismissed it. I checked the unknown Pokemon. It's sprite was that of that one grass/bug Pokemon, Sewaddle. But its legs were missing. So were its eyes. They weren't even empty eye sockets. It was just a blank space, like it wasn't even supposed to have eyes at all. I was done looking at my Pokemon. I exited the city and wandered into the first patch of grass I found. A Lillipup appeared. The problem was it seemed noticably worried. It was frowning, and had bloodshot eyes. Even though "E" was number 3 in my party, it came out first. Its back sprite was the normal back sprite, legs included. When I checked its stats before the battle, it only knew Tackle and Stringshot. But this time, it knew Tackle, Stringshot, and a move called Punish.
I used Punish on Lillipup. A sword appeared on Lillipup's side, and immediately plunged itself into Lillpup. All the while, I could only hear maniacal laughing, similar to a Jockey from Left 4 Dead 2, and screaming. Lillipup's sprite turned red and started bleeding. Its health plunged all the way to Zero. Then the caption came up:
"The Wild Lillipup has DIED!!!!!!"
It looked exactly like that. The word DIED was even in all caps, and all 5 exclamation marks were present. The screen cut to black for about 5 seconds, and then went back to the game. I was no longer in the grass. In fact, I had never seen this room at all. And I've beaten my White version several times. It was a big, red room. There was a red puddle of what I assume was blood on the floor. There were also bloody footprints ON THE WALLS. There were torches on the wall like in a castle dungeon. There was a painting on the back wall. It scared me more than anything I had ever seen before.
It was a picture of Pikachu, except he was decaying like a corpse. But just like Lillipup, he looked visibly afraid. I felt sorry for him, even though this was a game. His skin was peeling off, and he had blood running from his eyes. I couldn't move. Suddenly, the entire DS shut off. I didn't touch the On/Off switch at all. It shut off by itself. I took the cartridge out and turned my DS back on. I was lucky it hadn't messed it up permanently. Needless to say, I locked the game in a box just in case someone ever wanted it, and I never played it again. I still play my White version though.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Creepy Spyro Glitch
Spyro was always my favorite game when I was a kid. I'm talking about the original 1998 Spyro the Dragon for the PlayStation. The one with Gnasty Gnorc in it. I loved that game so much. I played it constantly. i must've beat the game like 50 times. But all that ended one day..........
It was 2009. It had been a while since I had played any of my old PlayStation games, even though I could play them on my PlayStation2. They were in a box somewhere, I was sure. Sure enough, I was going through my closet one day, and that's when something seemed off. It was gone. In the box marked "PlayStation", all of my games were there...except for Spyro. Spyro: Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon were there, but not the original Spyro. I was kind of let down, as I had hoped I'd be able to play it again. But a thought ran through my head: "It's sure to be on Amazon. They have everything on Amazon." I got on my computer and searched "Spyro the Dragon" on Amazon. Sure enough, it was there. But something was wrong. There was only one copy for sale, and it was pre-owned. Now, I don't normally buy pre-owned games, because the discs could have scratches and fingerprints and crud like that, but my craving for nostalgia was so bad that I bought it. I would regret it later on.
It came about a week and a half later. Strangely, I only paid 5 bucks for it, which is really cheap for Amazon. I was shocked when I opened the cardboard box. It was the normal boxart, with Spyro front and center and Gnasty Gnorc and the bull in the background. But it was all red, like someone had put red, translucent plastic wrap over it. But there was none. I figured someone had colored the inside manual with red marker, but I opened the case. There was no manual. The picture was on the case's outside. I tried to let it go. I plugged in my PS2, and took the disc out. The disc was in perfect condition. This was getting kind of weird. There were no scratches on it whatsoever. I looked back in the box, and there was a black memory card. Weird. The Amazon description didn't say anything about a memory card. But then I realized that the game's owner's saved file would probably be on this memory card.
I put the disc in, and the titles came up. It skipped the opening credits, and cut to the scene where Spyro flies around the mountain and hits that Gnorc in the butt. Everything was going good until Spyro flew into that Gnorc. Upon impact, the Gnorc let out a bloodcurdling scream and blood squirted all over. When Spyro landed and the title came up, Spyro had a scared and nervous look on his face, like he was visibly afraid. I pressed start and selected load game, just to see how good of a Spyro player the previous owner was. There was one file: "125%". Now, anyone who has beaten the game completely knows that you can get 120%. But this guy got 125%! I backed out, and selected new game. The game skipped the opening cutscene and deposited me directly in the Artisan's world. But I was outside the Dark Hollow stage.
Not much else happened for a while, aside from the fact that Spyro was always visibly terrified, and the fact that everytime Spyro hit an enemy, the enemy would let out a horrible shriek. Now, jump forward one world. I was in the Ice Caves/Caverns levels and one of the those snowball-throwing Gnorcs came over and attacked me. The snowball was red. Like it was bloody. I dodged the snowball and killed him. Cue terrible shriek. But I ran into those big giant Yeti things, and he smashed me. I was on my last hit point, so I expected to die. However, I did NOT expect to be smashed into a bloody pulp. I was like a big red pancake. Now jump ahead 2 worlds.
I was almost finished with the Misty Bog stage (the Beast Makers level with THOSE HORRIBLE ATTACK FROGS) and I was turning the corner to confront the last enemies. Then I saw there were no enemies. No punk Gnorcs or warthogs. I did see a single figure. I walked up to it and was creeped out by what I saw. Hunter. The lovable cheetah, whose clumsy antics and witty jokes created a space for him in all our hearts. But he was just standing there, which was weird because Hunter didn't debut until Ripto's Rage. It was the same model from R'R and YOTD, which some small changes. For starters, he had no eyes. Just empty black sockets, staring at me. I also noticed he seemed thinner. Like he was malnourished. You could see his polygonal ribcage through his skin, like someone had completely redesigned his model. Suddenly he attacked me. I found I couldn't move, as if this was a cutscene. I was utterly terrified at this point. I wasabout to shut off the PS2 and throw the game in the garbage when the screen cut to black. I could only hear Spyro's screams.
Suddenly, words appeared on the screen: "Many years later..........". It then cut to a cutscene of several dragons talking. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but they sounded serious. It was raining, and the dragons were all black and red. One of them moved out of the way, and revealed Hunter's bloody corpse, his eye popped out of its socket. I couldn't watch any more. I ripped the disc out and threw it in the garbage. I haven't played Spyro the Dragon since.
It was 2009. It had been a while since I had played any of my old PlayStation games, even though I could play them on my PlayStation2. They were in a box somewhere, I was sure. Sure enough, I was going through my closet one day, and that's when something seemed off. It was gone. In the box marked "PlayStation", all of my games were there...except for Spyro. Spyro: Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon were there, but not the original Spyro. I was kind of let down, as I had hoped I'd be able to play it again. But a thought ran through my head: "It's sure to be on Amazon. They have everything on Amazon." I got on my computer and searched "Spyro the Dragon" on Amazon. Sure enough, it was there. But something was wrong. There was only one copy for sale, and it was pre-owned. Now, I don't normally buy pre-owned games, because the discs could have scratches and fingerprints and crud like that, but my craving for nostalgia was so bad that I bought it. I would regret it later on.
It came about a week and a half later. Strangely, I only paid 5 bucks for it, which is really cheap for Amazon. I was shocked when I opened the cardboard box. It was the normal boxart, with Spyro front and center and Gnasty Gnorc and the bull in the background. But it was all red, like someone had put red, translucent plastic wrap over it. But there was none. I figured someone had colored the inside manual with red marker, but I opened the case. There was no manual. The picture was on the case's outside. I tried to let it go. I plugged in my PS2, and took the disc out. The disc was in perfect condition. This was getting kind of weird. There were no scratches on it whatsoever. I looked back in the box, and there was a black memory card. Weird. The Amazon description didn't say anything about a memory card. But then I realized that the game's owner's saved file would probably be on this memory card.
I put the disc in, and the titles came up. It skipped the opening credits, and cut to the scene where Spyro flies around the mountain and hits that Gnorc in the butt. Everything was going good until Spyro flew into that Gnorc. Upon impact, the Gnorc let out a bloodcurdling scream and blood squirted all over. When Spyro landed and the title came up, Spyro had a scared and nervous look on his face, like he was visibly afraid. I pressed start and selected load game, just to see how good of a Spyro player the previous owner was. There was one file: "125%". Now, anyone who has beaten the game completely knows that you can get 120%. But this guy got 125%! I backed out, and selected new game. The game skipped the opening cutscene and deposited me directly in the Artisan's world. But I was outside the Dark Hollow stage.
Not much else happened for a while, aside from the fact that Spyro was always visibly terrified, and the fact that everytime Spyro hit an enemy, the enemy would let out a horrible shriek. Now, jump forward one world. I was in the Ice Caves/Caverns levels and one of the those snowball-throwing Gnorcs came over and attacked me. The snowball was red. Like it was bloody. I dodged the snowball and killed him. Cue terrible shriek. But I ran into those big giant Yeti things, and he smashed me. I was on my last hit point, so I expected to die. However, I did NOT expect to be smashed into a bloody pulp. I was like a big red pancake. Now jump ahead 2 worlds.
I was almost finished with the Misty Bog stage (the Beast Makers level with THOSE HORRIBLE ATTACK FROGS) and I was turning the corner to confront the last enemies. Then I saw there were no enemies. No punk Gnorcs or warthogs. I did see a single figure. I walked up to it and was creeped out by what I saw. Hunter. The lovable cheetah, whose clumsy antics and witty jokes created a space for him in all our hearts. But he was just standing there, which was weird because Hunter didn't debut until Ripto's Rage. It was the same model from R'R and YOTD, which some small changes. For starters, he had no eyes. Just empty black sockets, staring at me. I also noticed he seemed thinner. Like he was malnourished. You could see his polygonal ribcage through his skin, like someone had completely redesigned his model. Suddenly he attacked me. I found I couldn't move, as if this was a cutscene. I was utterly terrified at this point. I wasabout to shut off the PS2 and throw the game in the garbage when the screen cut to black. I could only hear Spyro's screams.
Suddenly, words appeared on the screen: "Many years later..........". It then cut to a cutscene of several dragons talking. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but they sounded serious. It was raining, and the dragons were all black and red. One of them moved out of the way, and revealed Hunter's bloody corpse, his eye popped out of its socket. I couldn't watch any more. I ripped the disc out and threw it in the garbage. I haven't played Spyro the Dragon since.
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